Improvement in bosom-boards



F. M. WRIGHT.

Bosom-Boards.

No. 222,342. Patented Dec. 2, 1879.

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FRANK M. WRIGHT, OF PALMYRA, NEW YORK.

; IMPROVEMENT lN 'BOSOM-BOARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,342, dated December 2, 1879 application filed August 8, 1879. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. WRIGHT, of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne, and in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bosom- Boards; and I do hereby declare that the fo1- lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompa nying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, making a part of this specification. Y

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar construction of an ironing-board for shirt-bosoms, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. l

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, of my ironing-board. f

Arepresents theb'oard, which is so shaped as to fit inside of the shirt under the bosom; and B is a frame which passes over and around the outside edges of the board, so as to stretch and take out all the'wrinkles and hold it in that position, so that the operator will have both hands to use upon the iron, thus being able to bestow greater pressure upon the. iron and get the bosom perfectly smooth and entirely free from wrinkles. r

The board is formed with a head, 0, in which is made'a' recess, a, and a corresponding recess'is made in the under side of the board, where they come together, andv a tongue, b,

projects from the under side of the frame into anaperture, as, made for itin the head 0 at the end of the recess a, so that when the frame is fitted on the; board and brought down over the shirt-front it forms a perfect fitting and holding board.

The edges of the board A are to be perfectly square, whilethe inner edges of the frame B are beveled about one-thirty-second of aninch on the sides and bottom and about one-fourth of an inch on the shoulders. r

The frame and board are to fit flush together,

and cleats or cross-bars D D are fastened on the back of the board to raise it from the .table, so that when the frame is drawn over the shirt and board it will be out of the way -of the ironer, and the beveled edges of the frame, with the thickness of the cloth of the shirt, will make it hold tight, while at the same time it is easily adjusted.

I am fully aware that bosom-boards have been made with surrounding framesto clamp the shirt, and I do therefore not claim such, broadly, as my invention.

It will be noticed that my bosom-board is supported upon two cleats, while the surrounding frame, after the shirt is put on, drops down below the upper surface of the board as far as said cleats will allow, so that while ironing the bosom there is no possibility of any edges projecting above to catch the iron. 1

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by FRANK M. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

Dr. E. P. HOLLOWAY, O. B. BUCK. 

